Mountain Villa with Embracing Beauty, Suzhou 苏州环秀山庄
The Mountain Villa with Embracing Beauty lies in the northwest of old Suzhou. The whole garden is little over one mu, yet it is famous for its rockery, made by the mid-Qing garden designer Ge Yuliang from lake rocks, with peaks, cliffs, valleys, caves and ravines that look entirely natural; it was praised as unmatched in Jiangnan and is the model of rock-mountain building in Suzhou gardens. It is part of the World Heritage Classical Gardens of Suzhou. Liang Sicheng lists it with the Humble Administrator’s Garden and the Lion Grove Garden as famous southern gardens.
